On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Jack Bates <jba...@brightok.net> wrote: > > > Stefan wrote: >> >> hmmm ... >> >> >> http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2009/04/so_this_is_what_the_australian.html >> > > Hmmm. "that leased lines and private WANs that your company can monitor and > control from end to end make it easier to retain and improve network > performance than relying on the Internet" > > Are 10G leased lines (or even 1G) and private WANs common these days without > using MPLS or some form of resource shared with Internet traffic? And what > is the point without the ability to communicate with others? I thought we > were well past isolated networks. > > -Jack >
The point of the blog I quoted was that things are not only black, or only white (as some have been tempted to judge - i.e. completely bashing the original article). To your point - we need to communicate with others (Internet - non QoS ...), of course, but the critical production traffic runs for some on top of fully monitored (not necessarily controlled!) networks ... still ... -- ***Stefan http://twitter.com/netfortius
